The government plans to lower the corporate size threshold for part-timers joining the pension program from 51 or more employees to 21 in October 2027.

The 2004 reform of Japan's pension system presents a paradox in that most of the Japanese public is still skeptical of the pension system's sustainability, while economists abroad and major ...

It is probably time to rethink Japan's pension system, designed as it was for an era when full-time homemakers were the norm. The labor ministry is moving to abolish the so-called "1.06-million ...

foreign nationals who leave Japan before contributing for at least 10 years cannot receive pension benefits, meaning they may simply lose the money they have contributed to the pension system.

Drastic changes in the national pension system are in the cards under plans ... burden of an expanding group of pensioners. Everyone in Japan between the ages of 20 and 59 is required to pay ...

For Japan to survive the age of its graying society and dwindling birth rate, it is essential to take steps to boost the sustainability of public pensions. The welfare ministry has drawn up a ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will raise public pension benefits by 1.9 pct in fiscal 2025, which begins in April, from the previous year, the third straight year of ...

(Bloomberg) -- Moves are underway that would allow Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund to participate directly in government bond auctions, according to people familiar with the matter.

Bitcoin journalist and financial analyst based in London. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, one of the world's largest pension portfolios, has recently shown interest in exploring bitcoin.

Japan’s 169 trillion yen ($1.5 trillion) pension fund has a new chief investment officer. Eiji Ueda, an almost 30-year veteran of Goldman Sachs, started his new role as CIO of the Government ...